A New York law firm has launched a class-action lawsuit against AT&T and its spin-off Lucent Technologies on behalf of individuals or entities who use telecommunications equipment from the companies that isn't year 2000-compliant.
The number of people connected to the Internet will mushroom from 150 million today to 500 million [M] in 2003, but IT vendors will nonetheless have to work hard to secure a share of the exploding Internet market, market research company International Data Corp. (IDC) said today at its annual Directions conference.
IBM and Dell Computer yesterday announced a $US16 billion technology pact, calling for Dell to purchase storage, microelectronics, networking and display technology from IBM.
IBM Corp. and Dell Computer Corp. today announced a US$16 billion technology pact, calling for Dell to purchase storage, microelectronics, networking and display technology from IBM.
Compaq Computer has asked two of its leading distributors to stop selling its Presario consumer PCs to retailers whose primary business is conducted on the Internet until it can craft programs specific to the Internet.
The company which operates the Dow Jones economic indices has created a separate index to track Internet-related stocks.
IBM Corp. today announced Speech Markup Language (SpeechML), which provides an open framework to add speech capabilities to Web-based applications.
Sun Microsystems has joined a security alliance announced last week by Cisco Systems, Network Associates (NAI), and Lucent Technologies at the RSA Data Security Conference in San Jose, California.
The Security Research Alliance (SRA) will focus on bringing attention to security issues emerging over the next two to five years, asaid Terry Benzel, vice president of NAI Labs Advanced Security Research Division and the initial chairman of SRA.
Compaq Computer has created a wholly owned subsidiary for its AltaVista Internet search site and plans to take the subsidiary public.
AltaVista, which Compaq acquired when it purchased Digital Equipment last year for $US9.6 billion, will become the cornerstone of The AltaVista Company, Compaq executives said.
Perhaps in part because of the Y2K problem, most attendees at Lotusphere were unfazed by news this week of the continued delay of Lotus Development Corp.'s Release 5.0 (R5) of its Notes groupware and the Domino server portion of the software.
Ascend Communications yesterday confirmed that shareholders in the company have filed lawsuits seeking to block Ascend's proposed merger with Lucent Technologies.
The discrete manufacturing industry spends more on information technology products and services than any other industry, according to a new study by market researcher International Data Corp.
Communications and networking equipment vendor Ascend Communications yesterday announced the sale of its Stratus Enterprise Computer Division to a global investment group called Investcorp.
RSA Data Security Inc. today announced the opening of a subsidiary in Australia to develop and sell certain encryption software worldwide that it cannot sell from its U.S. headquarters. The U.S. restricts the export of strong encryption developed in the U.S.
The Brisbane-based, wholly owned subsidiary, called RSA Data Security Australia Pty Ltd., today launched its first product, a toolkit designed for independent software vendors and developers.
IBM Global Services announced late December a $US120 million outsourcing agreement with Korea Air.